1PHRASE 痛打;把…打个半死 If you knock the living daylights out of someone, or beat the living daylights out of them, you hit them very hard many times. 痛打;把…打个半死 [informal]
Go on lads, beat the living daylights out of them!
上啊，伙计们，狠狠揍他们一顿！
2PHRASE 吓坏;把…吓得半死 If someone or something scares the living daylights out of you, they make you feel extremely scared. 吓坏;把…吓得半死 [informal]